Live and feeder cattle futures advanced Wednesday, supported by firm cash fundamentals, despite a no-sale result in the Fed Cattle Exchange auction. Wholesale beef prices edged lower as slaughter volumes showed mixed year-over-year comparisons.
The CEO of derivatives giant CME Group has revealed the exchange is actively exploring the creation of its own digital asset, a significant step in the institutional adoption of blockchain technology for collateral and settlement.
Former Wall Street analyst Tom Lee, now chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies, is defending the company's strategy of accumulating Ethereum despite facing over $6 billion in unrealized losses. Lee argues the digital asset treasury is a long-term play on the 'future of finance.'
A three-hour giveaway by prediction platform Kalshi at a Westside Market location led to lines stretching four blocks, highlighting both acute community need and the controversial industry's push for mainstream acceptance.
Spain's BBVA has joined the Qivalis consortium, a coalition of twelve major European banks building a euro-denominated stablecoin. The move signals a coordinated push by traditional finance to reclaim ground in the digital currency arena, currently dominated by U.S. issuers, under the new regulatory framework of MiCA.
Digital identity firm Trust Stamp has filed to trademark "WOW" for its consumer biometric wallet platform, a non-custodial system designed to consolidate multiple digital wallets under one secure, password-free access point using tokenized facial recognition.
As tech stocks face a brutal sell-off, veteran trader Tom Sosnoff argues the resulting volatility creates a prime environment for selective buying, particularly in beaten-down fintech names and overlooked giants.
As tokenization of real-world assets moves from pilot to production, Europe's unified regulatory framework under MiCA is providing the certainty needed for institutional scale. This edge could position the bloc to set global standards for the burgeoning market.
As Ethereum's core development advances, its leading scaling solutions are shifting their narrative—from being mere extensions of the base chain to asserting their independence and unique value propositions in a maturing ecosystem.
Polkadot's long-awaited native smart contract capability is now live, aiming to lure Ethereum developers with familiar tooling. Despite a slow start with just 19 contracts deployed in the first week, the team behind the $2.4 billion blockchain emphasizes a focus on building a robust foundation over chasing immediate metrics.
As SpaceX moves toward a potential public offering following its record-breaking purchase of xAI, the Destiny Tech100 fund emerges as a rare public conduit for pre-IPO exposure. Analysts debate the fund's strategic window and the long-term implications of a combined space and AI titan.
A sharp sell-off in semiconductor and AI infrastructure stocks pressured the Nasdaq to a two-week low, offsetting gains in the Dow. The rotation follows mixed corporate earnings and signals a potential cooling of the recent tech frenzy.
Bitcoin faces a pivotal technical showdown as analysts pinpoint the $68,400 level as a make-or-break support zone. The test comes amidst significant capital outflows from U.S. spot ETFs, raising questions about near-term institutional conviction.
Ripple's prime brokerage arm integrates with leading on-chain derivatives venue Hyperliquid, easing institutional access. While a significant boost for Hyperliquid's ecosystem and its HYPE token, analysts note the direct impact on XRP appears minimal.
A sharp reversal in institutional ETF flows, weakening U.S. demand, and tightening market liquidity are signaling a potential regime shift for Bitcoin, with analysts warning of further downside risk.
Bitcoin's price action is increasingly mirroring that of beleaguered software equities, with analysts pointing to shared vulnerabilities in the face of artificial intelligence's disruptive rise.
Spain's BBVA becomes the 12th major EU bank to join the Qivalis initiative, aiming to launch a euro-pegged digital token by 2026 and reduce reliance on dollar-linked stablecoins and non-EU providers.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin signals a potential strategic pivot, suggesting the blockchain's original rollup-centric scaling plan may be outdated. Meanwhile, Tether launches an open-source mining OS, the Ethereum Foundation ramps up quantum resistance efforts, and Flare introduces new DeFi utility for XRP.
The Washington Post has laid off hundreds of employees in a sweeping restructuring, a move its former executive editor called one of the 'darkest days' in the paper's history. The cuts affect key departments as the publication seeks to reposition itself in a challenging media landscape.
In a dramatic market reversal, gold has exhibited greater price swings than Bitcoin, challenging conventional safe-haven perceptions. The metal's volatility has soared to heights last witnessed during the global financial crisis, as macroeconomic uncertainty triggers historic moves in traditional assets.
